Sound Transit's Sounder Commuter Rail Holiday Schedule, including "Holiday Special" Morning and Afternoon Trains
Sound Transit's popular Sounder commuter rail service will run on a holiday schedule this Thanksgiving weekend and again over the Christmas and New Year's weekends.
There will be no Sounder service on Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year's Day. There will be a holiday schedule the day after Thanksgiving - Friday, November 29. On that day, the morning northbound trains will leave Tacoma at 6:15 a.m. and 6:45 a.m. There also will be a "Holiday Special" leaving Tacoma at 10:45 a.m. All trains will make their regular stops at Sounder stations.
Southbound trains on Friday November 29 will leave Seattle's King Street Station beginning with the "Holiday Special" at 1:55 p.m., 4:55 p.m. and 5:35 p.m. making all stops at Sounder stations. There will be no 6:30 a.m. northbound trip departing Tacoma or 5:10 p.m. southbound trip departing Seattle.
The same holiday schedule will be in affect on:
- Monday December 23
- Tuesday December 24
- Thursday December 26
- Friday December 27
- Monday December 30
- Tuesday December 31
- Thursday January 2
- Friday January 3
For more information on special train schedules and fares, visit www.soundtransit.org or call toll free to (888) 889-6368; TTY (888) 713-6030.
In 1996 voters approved funding for Sound Transit to provide a regional system of transit improvements, including Sounder commuter rail, ST Express regional bus service, numerous capital improvements (including park-and-ride lots, transit centers and direct access ramps) and Link light rail.
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